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What are parents' reactions to the latest letters from the Academy regarding mandated health insurance? There seems to be no coverage for any sports teams injuries, including traveling to any team event, in the plan being offered by the Academy.

Can some tell what the status of Land Hall is? It's still a big mess after 6 months of not much work getting done. Will it be finished for graduation? With Mark Kelly and his wife coming, it would be pretty embarrassing for them to see Land Hall in it's current state. Also, we heard that...

http://schumer.senate.gov/Newsroom/record.cfm?id=336460 Any and all help is most welcome to restore Kings Point. Hopefully, other senators and congresspeople will also tour the Academy and see first hand what is happening at KP and gain an understanding as to its needs.

Manhattan College has a summer engineering program for high school students of about 1 week. They have a very strong engineering program.

We heard that an administrator told the students that the boilers had not been serviced and that caused the back of CO. At this time no one had really told us what had happened, who is responsible, and what the plan is to hold that person accountable. In addition, no one had apologized to...

It is our understanding, that at this time, only the mechanical room in the basement of the dorms and the first floor bedrooms will have detectors. The second and third floor rooms/halls have not received detectors.

Looking online it appears that the CO detectors have to be a certain distance from each bedroom door according to the code. But I am not taking any chances and sending my mid a CO detector to put in the room where he sleeps

Newsday, the local newspaper is reporting that federal officials Monday began installing "consumer grade" CO detectors in all the buildings and dorms as an "interim safety" measure. One can conclude from this report that there were no carbon monoxide detectors in any of the dorms prior to...

It's on the news. 39 mids taken to the hospital and checked for carbon monoxide poisoning. Some had elevated levels in their blood. No alarms went off in building. Mids reported headaches and that started the ball rolling. Need answers as to why no alarms went off. DS said alarms are in the...

At other universities, students have the ability to pick their professors. Although Jasper makes very good points about the students having to work together, maybe teach themselves the subject matter and having to deal with all types of officers when they get to sea, it still remains that at...

DS said that KP is now charging for the mids to use the washing machines and dryers - $1.25 for each load. Do the other academies have their students paying for using the washing machines and the dryers?

If you read the Blog entry by Secy Ray LaHood, Adm Greene's experience at the Naval Academy was invaluable to his ability to run Kings Point and was instrumental in how the Admiral hit the ground running once at KP. To follow that logic then, the skills that Adm Greene learned from the leaders...

Posted only a few short months ago on Ray LaHood's Blog Introducing RADM Philip H. Greene, USMS Superintendent, US Merchant Marine Academy It is truly a privilege to introduce RADM Philip H. Greene, USMS, who was sworn in last September as the Superintendent of the US Merchant Marine...

Requesting Adm Greene come back to KP as Super In these past 13.5 months, Rear Admiral Greene '78 has removed years of ambiguity, uncertainty and stalemated progress at Kings Point. He has restored order and organization, pride and professionalism, and the credibility that the United States...

Does anyone know approximately how much is the Naval Academy's football budget for this school year?